Rose Corcoran Alphabet of Animals

ROSE CORCORAN Alphabet of Animals

ROSE CORCORAN Biography

A period living in northern India in 1990 was formative in Rose’s artistic development, and with many visits since, she has established a close relationship with the sub-continent. Rose first saw tigers in the wild at Kahna (the setting of Kipling’s ‘Jungle Book’), and was overwhelmed by the contrast with her experience of only seeing tigers in captivity, where she had previously studied them. She became fascinated by the paradoxical power of big cats – their fearsome strength, yet their affectionate and nurturing nature to their young. The endangered status of these awesome animals became a passionate concern as she met the renowned animal campaigner Valmik Thapar, and through him visited Ranthambore Reserve, one of the last strongholds of the wild tiger. Rose believes in making art for a purpose and intends her work to highlight the magnificence of the nature she depicts, but also its nearness to extinction through the actions of human beings. As much as depicting an individual animal, she still aspires with her own talent and passion to evoke the essence and vitality of the whole species in each image.

Rose has built up a dedicated following for her incredible wildlife drawings, some of which are massive, larger than life-size studies. She has exhibited with the Sladmore in London with solo shows in 2018 and 2021 and at many art fairs in the UK and internationally, as well as having solo exhibitions in Paris, New York and Santa Fe in recent years. This year sees the launch of her book ‘Rose Corcoran’s Alphabet of Animals’, bringing together a collection of 26 of her signature charcoal drawings of endangered animals with personally selected quotations and poems to highlight the threat that human populations pose to the survival of these creatures and their habitats.

A is for Wandering Albatross Charcoal on paper 114 x 84cm Conservation status: Endangered

A is for Albatross

B is for Bumble Bee Flying

Charcoal on paper

Charcoal and conte on paper

99 x 85cm

81 x 72cm

Conservation status: Endangered

Conservation status: Vulnerable

B is for Bumble Bee Charcoal and conte on paper 93 x 76cm Conservation status: Vulnerable

C is for Cheetah Charcoal on paper 126 x 161cm Conservation status: Vulnerable

D is for Hazel dormouse

D is for Hazel dormouse II

Charcoal on paper with acrylic paint

Charcoal on paper

47 x 47cm

Conservation status: Surviving but decreasing

E is for Asian Elephant

E is for Asian Elephant with bamboo

Charcoal on paper

99 x 139cm

109 x 133cm

Conservation status: Endangered

F is for Fox

F is for Fox, on red

Charcoal on paper

Charcoal and pastel on paper

119 x 84cm

83 x 63cm

Conservation status: Surviving

G is for Gorilla, Western Lowland

G is for Gorilla II, Western Lowland

Charcoal on paper

66 x 66cm

81 x 87cm

Conservation status: Endangered

H is for Brown Hare, with ears flat Charcoal on paper 77 x 118cm Conservation Status: Surviving but decreasing

H is for Brown Hare Charcoal on paper 119 x 114cm Conservation Status: Surviving but decreasing

H is for Hare Study on brown

H is for Hare Study II on brown

Charcoal and pastel on paper

83 x 60cm

73 x 60 cm

Conservation Status: Surviving but decreasing

I is for Iguana Charcoal and conte on paper 74 x 91cm Conservation Status: Surviving \ critically endangered

J is for Jaguar Charcoal on paper 165 x 190cm Conservation Status: Threatened

L is for Asiatic Lion Charcoal on paper 116 x 144cm Conservation status: Endangered K is for Pied Kingfisher Charcoal and conte on paper 33 x 43cm Conservation status: Surviving

N is for Chambered Nautilus Charcoal and conte on paper M is for Monkey Charcoal on paper 119 x 88cm Conservation status: Surviving/critically endangered

68 x 82cm Conservation status: Endangered

O is for Octopus Charcoal and conte on paper 70 x 82cm Conservation status: Surviving / endangered O is for Ocelot Charcoal on paper 66 x 79cm Conservation status: Surviving but decreasing

P is for Pangolin

Q is for Eastern quoll

Charcoal and conte on paper

64 x 78cm Conservation status: Critically endangered

78 x 91cm Conservation status: Near threatened

R is for Rhino

S is for Snow leopard

Charcoal on paper

154 x 154 cm

133 x 162cm

Conservation status: Endangered

T is for Tiger Charcoal, pastel and acrylic on paper (book cover illustration) 172 x 148cm Conservation status: Endangered

T is for Tiger, ‘Small sleeping Sultan’ T is for Tiger

Charcoal and conte on paper

Charcoal on paper

60 x 75cm

62 x 55cm

Conservation status: Endangered

T is for Tiger, ‘Small sleeping Sumatran’

T is for Tiger, ‘Eyes on you’

Charcoal and conte on paper

60 x 75cm

Conservation status: Endangered

T is for Sumatran Tiger

U is for Unicorn

Charcoal on paper

126 x 110cm

119 x 149cm

Conservation status: Endangered

Conservation status: Extinct?

V is for Ruppell’s Vulture

W is for Wild dog

Charcoal on paper

79 x 109cm

112 x 138cm

Conservation status: Endangered

Conservation status: Critically endangered

Y is for Yellowfin Tuna Charcoal on paper 83 x 97cm Conservation status: Near threatened

X is for Xantus’s hummingbird Charcoal and conte on paper 56 x 66cm Conservation status: Surviving

Z is for Zebra

Charcoal on paper

78 x 69cm

109 x 109cm

Conservation status: Threatened / endangered

Conservation status: Threatened/endangered

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